This is an analysis of the poem The Great Palaces Of Versailles that begins with:

Nothing nastier than a white person!
She mutters as she irons alterations...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaXca edfdbXd egXhgXb ibjifbhXX XcXXhjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010110 11011101010 001101011 0110001101 10101010 1110010 11101 1101110101 010110 00010101 01010101 01001111 1010101110 100111010 100101010001 101100110 11101111 11001 1100101110 01101011001 111001100 110000111 1110100011 01111111 0101101 11010110100 1001111 1000100101 1010101110 1010111010 00100 01010 001001 100101 1010110001 0010110 11011011 1100101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; swamp, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Great Palaces Of Versailles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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